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Local drivers race to podium

Posted: May 5, 2010 - 9:56am

Bluffton resident and former Cross Schools student Gus Dean is making his mark on the race track.

The 15-year-old racer finished third at the 3/8th-mile Hickory Motor Speedway Saturday and now leads the standings in the Allison Legacy Series. He was the 2007 American Kart Racing Association’s Junior II National Points Series Champion.

His mentor, A.J. Frank, also a Bluffton resident, finished third in his 250-lap race after qualifying for the outside pole in the USAR ProCup series for Late Model racecars. Frank drives for MacHill Motorsports out of Mooresville, North Carolina.

According to the information on Dean’s Website, he drives for Lennox Motorsports in the Lennox Industries/MODOC Research Services #56 Allison Legacy Race Car is a precision engineered vehicle with afiberglass body and aMazda B-2200 truck engine on a full tubular chassis.

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